Improvement in perforating-stamps



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Perforat'ing-Stamps.

lPatented July 14, 1874.

No.l53,0,59.

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UNrTEn STATES PATENT GFFIGE.

CHARLES IV. EL'LSIVORTH AND IVILLIAM IV. EATON, OF VATERTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS.

lnvlPRovEivlENT IN PERFORMING-STAMPS.

Specilieaion forming part of Letters Patent No. 153,059, dated July 14, 1874; application tile-d April 30, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES W. ELLswoRTH and WILLIAM W. EATON, both of WVatertown, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, vhave invented certain new and useful Improvements in Perforating-Stamps; and we do hereby declare the follow to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference bein g had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this speciiication, in which- Figure l is a perspective view; Fig. 2, a vertical central section; Fig. 3, a bottom plan view; Fig. 4, a section through line a: a', Fig. 3, Fig. 5, a perspective view of the slide detached 5 Fig. 6, a bottoni plan view of the slide 5' and Fig. 7, a perspectivey view of one of the plungers.

Similar' letters of reference in the accompanying drawings denote the same parts.

Our invention relates to improvements in that class of check-punches and feeders, in which the igures representing the amount of the money-check are cut bodily from the paper to obviate the possibility of changing the face of the check to some ditl'erent amount, and it consists, first, in the employment of a numericallyindexed reciprocating slide, operated by a rack and pinion, and carrying' male dies or cutters with the numerals formed on their faces, which are forced, by means of a plunger connected with a vertical shaft actuated by thc operator, through correspondingly-forined female dies and the face of the money-check, thus cutting from the latter the numerals desired, which correspond with the amount on the face of the check. Our invention further consists in the direct and posit-ive application of the feed motion from the operating shaft to the roll-shaft, carrying the paper to be punched, by means of a ratchet and pawl, and

an arm embracing the ratchet-wheel, as hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, A is the cylindrically-iormed outer casing of the check,

l), which passes through a perforation in the base-plate of the easing of the check-punch, and thence through a perforation in an arm, E, provided` with a slot, b, to which it is attached by a screw and washer, or other suitable connection. F is a knob, keyed to the vertical shaft D, by means of which a vertical and rotary motion may readily be imparted to the latter by the operator. G is a sleeve, surrounding the vertical axis D, and is pro vided at its lower end with a horizont-al arm,

`H, having a'plunger, I, attached to its outer side ofthe hub of the gear-wheel C, so that a Y' rotary movement of the knob F on the axis D will impart a similar rotary motion to the gear-wheel C and the slide A, while a vertical motion can be imparted to the axis D without affectil'ig the movement of the pinion, the projection on the inside of the hub of the latter sliding in the groove o in the axis.

The outer face of the slide A1 is provided with a recessV, in which are situated eleven plungers, a1 c1, slidin vertically in perforations made in the upper and lower faces of the slide, and made preferably of steel, to the lower ends of which are soldered male dies or cutters a?, of the form of the nine numerals, zero, and the `toman letter X, or any other letter that may be desired. The upper endsof the plungers al al are indented to receive the rounded end of the plunger I on the outer end of the horizontal arm H, which is forced down upon the plun gers carrying the male dies or cutters by a vertical movement given the axis or shaft D by the operator.

The plun gers al al are provided on their inner sides with grooves, which receive projections in the inner circumferences of the perforations in which they move, to prevent any rotary 'motion of the plungers in their vertical movement. b are coiled springs surrounding the plunger's, carrying the dies, the upper coils of which bear against pins o c on the side faces ot' the plungers al al, the lower ends of said springs bearing against the lower face of the recessv in which the plungers a1 al operate, the tension ofthe springs thus raising the plungers flush with the lower face of the slide A1 after they have been depressed t0 punch the paper or other material. The male dies or cutters a? a2 are made of compressed composition metal, which are soldered to the lowerfends of the plungers al al, and can readily be removed, if injured, and replaced by others. K is a p ate, provided with female dies of the form of the male dies, which pass through them. The female dies are made of composition metal, and the plate K is attached tothe lower face of the slide A1 by means of pins onthe female-die plate entering corresponding perforations in the slide Al, or by any other suitable connection, sol that the female dies are brought directly under their corresponding male dies,which pass through the former, and thence through the check placed over the female-die plate, thus cutting out the desired figures from the check. The upper face of the slide A1 is `previded with an index, L, on which is arranged the nine numerals,zero, andthe Roman let ter X. The first five numerals are arranged in regular succession on one end of the index, and the remaining four numerals and zero are similarly arranged on the opposite end of the index with a space between, in which is inserted the letter X, or any other letter desired. M is a feed-roller for the money-check or article to bepunched, journaled in the sides of a recess 011 the under side of the casing. The inner end of the journal e of the feed-roll M is prolonged, and passes through a Ahanger or bracket, f, attached to the lower face of the base-plate ofthe casin g, and is provided on its inner end with a ratchet-wheel, i, with which is connected a spring-pawl, m, `to prevent backward move- `ment of the ratchet. rlhc ratchetwheel i is situated in the slot b in the arm E, attached to the lower end ofthe vertical axis l), and the outer end of the `slot b is provided with a projection or pawl, p, and spring s, which, in the upward movenient of the vertical shaft l), by the tension of spring surrounding it,

after a figure has been cut from the check.

engages with the ratchet-wheel and turns it a tooth, thus turning the feed-roll M, and with it the check, that distance for each upward vertical movement of the axis D, thus spacing the distance between the figures cut from the check and feeding it along. `O is a bracket, in the ends of which are journaled the pressure'roller l), preferably made of rubber. To the upper face of the bracket 0, near its inner end, and perpendicular thereto, is attached the rod Q, surrounded by a spiral spring, a, which rod passes through a perforation in the lower face of a recess in the casing, in which the rod Q can be raised or lowered, thus raising or lowering the bracket carrying the pressure-roller l?. S S are projections on the rod Q, against which the lower end of the spring a3 bears, forcing the rod and pressure-roller downward, one of which projections engages with the projecting end of a bent lever, S', journaled in .theeasing of the punch.'

By this construction it` will be seen that the pressure-roller inay readily be raised for the introduction of the check to be punched.

The index is graduated as follows: Opposite each numeral and the zero of the scale check haveV been punched from its face, they check is punched with the letter X immediatelybefore andafter the punched figures to prevent the punching and insertion of' other figures inthe money-check, and thus changing, the amount of the check.

the amount of the check, and then another X, the whole being punched without removing the check from the rolls.

By this method of punching the check we obtain the same distance between the first X and the first figure as there is between the other figures.

l/Ve also design, preferably, to place the in' dex on the front of the machine with astationary finger or pointer, to indicate the iigures, instead of the arrangement described.

XVe claim as our invention- 1. The slide; A1, provided with a rack, a, plunger al al and male and female dies, in combination with the vertical axis D, grooved at its lower end, sleeve Gr, arm H, .plunger I, and gearwheel C, having a pin, 122,011 the inside of the hub, substantially as described, and for the purposes set forth.

. 2. The vertical axis D,provided at its lower end with the slotted arm E, ratchet 117, pawl m., and feed-roll M, in` combination with the pressure-roll l?, rod Q, having projections S S and lever S', substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

3. The vert-ical axis l), provided with a sleeve, G, plunger I, and slotted arm E, on

its lower end, and gear-wheel (l, in `rombinal tion with the slide A1,l1aving a rack and male and female dies, and plungers a a, feed and pressure rolls M l, and ratchet i, the whole constructed and operated in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

\ CHAS. W. ELLSWORTH.

WILLIAM W. EATON. iVitnesscs:

WM. A. BLonGn'r'r, DAVID W SPLANE.

Preferably, however, the letter X is iirst punched, then 

